Overview of verb retroflex

The verb retroflex has 2 senses

• retroflex, replicate -- (bend or turn backward)


• retroflex -- (articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants")

Overview of adj retroflex

The adj retroflex has 2 senses

• retroflex, retroflexed -- (bent or curved backward)


• cacuminal, retroflex -- (pronounced with the tip of the tongue turned back toward the hard palate)